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committee was directed to Investigate,
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The Democratic presiding judge, Mr
Seward, after having permitted the coun,
to proceed for a time, ten OF
the diamond tickets having beer
counted, leaned back in his chail
defect TO dem der tickets bein' counted
any NOAH; dey amt no legal tickets"
There were lS7 of the rejected diamond.
shaped straight Republican tickets.
The decision of the Supreme Court OF
Texas was produced, rendered year be-
fore the election in question, to the effect
thst diamond-Shaped tickets are legal.
w. L. Williams, white, testified to the
throwing out of diamond shaped tickets.
He had been 4 candidate on the people s
ticket bat withdrew in favor of negro
r. g. Gore, who claimed to be Republi-
can. The other negroes, however, called
him "mugworm." There was no in
! timidation. Witness had never seen &
falrer election
A. 6. Scott, cOlored, testified tina: on
the morning OF the election the polls a
Chadwick House were not open, though
between siXty-tive and seventy COlored
men were waiting to vote. Colored men
declined to act as presiding judges, be-
cause they feared q repetition OF the affair
at Chapel Hill two years before when
three negroes were shot.
W. S. Baxter, white, was the next wit
ness. He was on duty as policeman in
Brennan when three colored men were
taken out of jail and hanged. He de
scrihed the lynching at leng IN.
w. W. Brown, colored, was sworn
He was Republican candidate for County
Commissioner land was elected, his Oppo-
neDt being d. d. Bolton, whose son, De-
wees, was killed after the election. Wit
ness was informed by friends that
he was in danger and had bet
ter not stay around home
Witness was alarmed and described the
precautions he took to keep out of
trouble. After ne was sworn into office
he received a note "authoriZing" him 10
leave the country and not serve as COM
missioner. He has not been disturbed in
the performance Of his duty.
f. NJ. Newman, white, was sworn. He
is Democrat. lie described the indig-
nation meeting of the white citizens Of
BRENNAN two or three days after the
election. Judge Kirk offer, d q resolution
declaring that as Hackworth, Schuiize,
Moore, Glider, Lockett ana Potter
had been making inCendiary speeches
they must be more quiet or committee
would instruct them to leave the county.
Miles I. Elder said the previous admin
istratiOn Of Judge Kirk had been a great
success, and 1t was a cause Of rejoicing
among good people that he was elected.
On cross eXsminatiOn by Pu2h, the
witness said Judge Kinks stand IN sub
stance was that the men had been going
among the colored people aud there was
danger they would be melted to violence
by the incendiary speeches.
Witness in answer to Senator Evarts
SAID he did not know Of any outbreak or
threatened outbreak on the part of the
colOred people, or of any speeches other
than the public ones already testified to.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE President
sent the following nominations to the
Senate to-day: Treasury-Samuel NJ.
ildriCh OF Massachusetts to be Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Boston :;
John NJ. Mercer of Iowa to be Surveyor
of Customs at Burlington, Iowa; Owen
McGloughlin of Iowa to bt Surveyor OF
Customs at Dubuque, Iowa; Arthur X.
Delaney of Wisconsin to be Collector of
Customs for the District of Alaska.
Postmasters-At Cleveland, Ohio, Viii
liam W. Armstrong.
Interior Department--Cha L. BrOyles
of Colorado to be r gister Of the Land
Office at Del Norte, Col.
THE ORDINANCE BILLS.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The TWO Sen
ate bills for the construction of ordinance,
known as the "tWin ordinance bills"
haYe been referred to the appropriate
committee on fortiticatiOus, which is
composed of Messrs. Forney, Randall,
ButterWOrth, Ryan and Holman.
MINORITY REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Mr. Rice to-
day on behalf of the minority of the
House committee on foreign affairs sub
mitted the following report: The minor
ity of the committee DESTROYS of securing
prompt action, and If possible unanimity
of expression by both branches of Con-
gress on the pending question in dispute
between this government and that of
Great Britain concerning the fisheries, and
believing that the bill which has already
passed the Senate by a substantially
unanimous vote, empowers the Executive
with full power, are constrained to differ
with the recommendations OF the ma lori
ty that the House adopt a separate or new
measure, which will necessarily be fol-
lowed by delay, and recommend the pass
age by the House of the Senate bill. The
report is signed by Messrs. Rice, Wait,
Ketcham, Phelps and Hit.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
The House committee on appropria-
tions has acted upon the Senate amend
ment on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The amendments added ere the
following: For courthouse and postoffice
at Jefferson, Tex, S25, 600; for postoffice
at Houston, Tex , $4,000. Senator
Sherman'S amendment appropriatin.
$1,000 for fencing Confederate graves at
Columbus and Johnson's Island, Ohio,
has also been concur:e ed in with
the following amendment: THAT
the Secretary of War is hereby
directed to ascertain and report
to the House at its next session whether
the graves of any soldiers, Union or Con-
federate, who were killed in battle or
died in the prisons or hospitals are not
embraced in any national, city, town or
village cemetery, or are unprotected by
Enclosures or unmarked by beadstnDes.
and If there be any such graves, what
amount of money would be necessary to
properly fence and permanently mark the
same.
CLOSING THE SEASON.